# 2 MST3K Polls. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443 "2003-03-22T23:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/101 "2003-03-25T22:38:53Z")
Favorie line: From _Catalina Caper_. Guy throwing up over rail of boat. Guy with transister radio bumps into him. “Hey, you puke on my radio”. “Yeah, well you got radio in my puke”. My favorite episode is probably that Scadinavian produced medieval fantasy whose name I forget ("Let’s go surfin’ now, even Sven is learnin’ how’). Another hilarious moment was from the Japanese _Planet of the Apes_ ripoff. The camera is panning up from the floor, showing a girl’s shapely legs and miniskirt. The bots are going “Ah?..Ahhhh?” then “Awwwww…” when she’s shown to be a girl of about 12. Personal anecdote: MST3K was taped in Eden Prarie, MN where I am right now. A friend of mine, Tim Scott, worked backstage as a technical supervisor (as opposed to a supervising technician). He’s kind of pudgy, and one day when he came in with a new haircut, someone said, “You look like a big baby” so they put him in a sketch as TV’s Frank’s baby. He also did some other on-camera work, operating props or being inside a bug costume of something. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/102 "2003-03-25T22:42:44Z")
…you _got_ puke on my radio… ---
**Author:** ![CoilyTheSpringSprite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@CoilyTheSpringSprite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoilyTheSpringSprite)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/103 "2003-03-25T22:44:22Z")
for those of you’s confuddled by the Digital Archive Project, there’s gotta be at least 30 or so episodes (from KTMA to Sci Fi) available on Kazaa Lite [http://www.k-lite.tk/](http://www.k-lite.tk/) … ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/104 "2003-03-25T23:14:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sqweels \* > **My favorite episode is probably that Scadinavian produced medieval fantasy whose name I forget ("Let’s go surfin’ now, even Sven is learnin’ how’).** That would be **The Day the Earth Froze** as I mentioned earlier. _“hey, how do you like my new log? I got it for graduation.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/105 "2003-03-26T01:31:45Z")
Favorite song- the janitor song from **Teenage Strangler** Favorite host segment-the Pina Colada song from **Monster A-Go-Go** Favorite short-hard to choose, but I’d say **Mr. B Natural** ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/106 "2003-03-26T03:52:24Z")
I just remembered one of the funniest skits EVER. I don’t remember the ep it was from, but, good GOD did I laugh: “A Joke, by Ingmar Bergman” Shot in black and white. Sloooooow pacing. Expressionist/avant garde framing and acting. Starring Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo. Moody Northern-lattitudes music. An occasional gull cry and dog bark in the background. The joke is about counting the slits and the planks in a pier. Sweet mother, did I laugh. Especially because the skit was, I swear, 10 minutes long. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/107 "2003-03-26T06:09:16Z")
**RawkStah** , did you ever see the promos they did for the MST3K “Death and Taxes” marathon on Comedy Central? It was all black and white. Crow facing the camera, motionless, Tom Servo in profile. Joel was standing in the center, dressed as The Grim Reaper. Crow and Tom Servo spoke in mock-Swedish, with English subtitles. Everytime they showed it, it nearly had me in tears – in the middle of one of Crow’s lines, Tom Servo just does this dramatic, horrified gasp that’s a total non-sequitur. Joel is silent throughout, looking menacing and occasionally nonchalantly taking a bite out of an apple. The last line is Tom Servo saying (in mock Swedish) “I weep for the death of the shadow of the soul,” to which Death replies (in English) “Tell me about it.” Maybe you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/108 "2003-03-26T08:05:31Z")
I don’t remember it at all, SolGrundy, but I laughed just thinking about it. Anyone here besides me actually join the Info Club? I still have my card somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/109 "2003-03-26T08:47:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*I like Mike. I like the sketches, too. \*\* _PREACH IT_ **brotha**! ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/110 "2003-03-26T17:09:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*I don’t remember it at all, SolGrundy, but I laughed just thinking about it. > > Anyone here besides me actually join the Info Club? I still have my card somewhere. \*\* I do, in fact I just pulled it out of my desk right now. I’m member 54498. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/111 "2003-03-26T17:39:16Z")
Another latecomer here, never saw a Joel episode. Favorite bot: Crow – the guy’s hilarious! Favorite episode: _Jack Frost_ ("…What would you do for a Klondike bar…") Favorite stinger: [dialog]“Get in there you viper!” [Crow] “There’s something in there that needs viping!” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/112 "2003-03-26T22:49:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GMRyujin \* > \*\*I don’t remember it at all, SolGrundy, but I laughed just thinking about it. > > Anyone here besides me actually join the Info Club? I still have my card somewhere. \*\* I’m #4349. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/113 "2003-03-27T03:31:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrotherCadfael \* > \*\*Favorite stinger: [dialog]“Get in there you viper!” [Crow] “There’s something in there that needs viping!” \*\* No no no, that’s just a funny line. A stinger is the brief 3-5 second clip on the end of the episode after the credits. The stinger for _Jack Frost_ was, IIRC, a clip of the bizzarre slapping incident that involved Nastinka’s sister and a giant lollipop. Now that I think about it, that might be one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/114 "2003-03-27T05:38:05Z")
1. I gotta say Mike. Maybe it’s because I started out with Mike, and nly saw Joel later on, I dunno. Mike just seems funnier to me (although there are exceptions, of course). 2. Sometimes they’re hilarious, sometimes just stupid. It varies. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/115 "2003-03-27T05:40:44Z")
**BrotherCadfael** , visit the DAP to get some Joel episodes. One (well, two) of my fovorites is the Master Ninja set. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/116 "2003-03-27T07:39:15Z")
_sigh_ I just blanked on the title of the movie, but it had my favorite Stinger. “This is where the fish live.” Of course, it’s my favorite becaues later in the movie Crow says “The fish moved away and didn’t leave a forwarding address.” ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/117 "2003-03-27T07:54:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \* > \*\*_sigh_ I just blanked on the title of the movie, but it had my favorite Stinger. “This is where the fish live.” > Of course, it’s my favorite becaues later in the movie Crow says “The fish moved away and didn’t leave a forwarding address.” \*\* **Pepperlandgirl,** that would be [The Touch of Satan.](http://www.scifi.com/mst3000/experiments/908/) The site points out something I noticed about the movie that just doesn’t make sense: > [@](#): > > Her wildly wrinkled and murderous “great grandmother” is actually her sister Lucinda; way back when, see, a crowd of lethargic locals wanted to burn Lucinda at the stake, believing, and correctly, that she was a witch. So Samantha saved her by selling her soul to the devil. > > The people who are apparently her parents? It’s unclear who they are. It’s never really explained. They may just be walnut farmers who happen to own a witch. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/118 "2003-03-27T07:57:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RawkStah \* > \*\* > > The joke is about counting the slits and the planks in a pier. > \*\* Because: When you’re out of slits, you’re out of pier. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/119 "2003-03-27T09:03:04Z")
Incidentally, just FYI, I was told by the mods at one point that the DAP site counts, in their view, as a copyright infringement site, so shouldn’t be mentioned on the boards. I know, I know, it can be argued that it’s a grey area and all that. I’m just passing on the info. ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443/120 "2003-03-28T04:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SolGrundy \* > **RawkStah, did you ever see the promos they did for the MST3K “Death and Taxes” marathon on Comedy Central? It was all black and white. Crow facing the camera, motionless, Tom Servo in profile. Joel was standing in the center, dressed as The Grim Reaper. Crow and Tom Servo spoke in mock-Swedish, with English subtitles.** Didn’t have Comedy Central when they still showed MST3K. But, it sounds like an identical setup, minus Joel. The face/profile framing is EXACTLY what they did in “A Joke, by Ingmar Bergman”. The dumbest thing ever, and one of the funniest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-mst3k-polls/163443.md?page=7)